Am I the only one?

Am I only the one that gets blisteringly frustrated when I ask a friend "How do you spell ---" only to get the cheerful response "Look it up in the dictionary!" ? How am I supposed to look up something I don't know how to spell, if all the words are arranged alphabetically?

Am I only the one that gets blisteringly frustrated when I ask a friend "How do you spell ---" only to get the cheerful response "Look it up in the dictionary!" ? How am I supposed to look up something I don't know how to spell, if all the words are arranged alphabetically?

Just my rant o' the day.

This is why I use Google. If I am close, it spits out the word I want

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Google is the best spell checker of all time. It must use search history from other users to figure out what you are trying to spell; it is just too accurate.

When I was at primary school, they brought out a dictionary that had the words listed under common misspelt words, so you could look up, say, "knocker" under "N", and so on. Thought it was a good idea, although one that took in an adults vocabulary would be bloody huge, because even the kids one was big.

When I was at primary school, they brought out a dictionary that had the words listed under common misspelt words, so you could look up, say, "knocker" under "N", and so on. Thought it was a good idea, although one that took in an adults vocabulary would be bloody huge, because even the kids one was big.

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Yeah I had something like that as well...it was cool but I didn't really have to use it very much. I've never had much trouble spelling stuff...though it is annoying to have people tell you to look it up in the dictionary.

It's also really annoying when someone asks if anyone knows how to spell something, you start spelling it for them, and then someone else cuts you off and spells it over you. Rude people.

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